Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-17
IN THE wILDs OF ALASKA.
THE RECENT JAUNT or CONGRESS
 MEN HIT AND REED.
Evidences that ihc Red Hal is Civilized Even in Alaska. as EXeInpliGsd bya
 strike in the ErsadweiI Mines.

-N-N.' thc C1uutE. Eod away npr'nWtst-
 ward even 90 tle ragged edg ot civIli- zatlou. They gos ss far as the ci;y of June'.u, iu AlIskg, those gentlemen uid. ahd alter rowing aruuad awhile su the prlmevai sOlItrGes of that reg:sn were heglhuias to coDgTstu!tts themselves ou haNlcg gotten LgG ot the unRcadamized tFaahs of modern progress when thcy audieily pulled ID slo-: by tuauiug across fEll-t-cced strike. the strikers beng Indians employed ID ths Tread
 well mines gt Douglas Island on she Alaska coast. M.ss of the workers ID t1s mine srs red Indians, Who are paid
 S2 day and their board. They dOE't put oE any of the unnecessary fTIii- of ciVI!iz i;lon, such as shirts and eccks, these Indians don't: bu: wteL # comes 70 FtIlke GnG slandiog up for the FIsdts cf the union sgGinst tue gT.Bdiug tyranny oi orgaliZed ca;.issl ih y get ;haTe just the s8ms. h tals particular strike, how 1yer. they didn't let there aot any mere than tk. Chicago brIaklay- s-a dif GUol; the slme t:;ne. They vented g. 50 day and struck, he .oiae-uTnors shut dUwT.. Then ths D. Clans after 6 little wh,ic sog ticla of a.r!kiGg and begged Co be taken bec.l. Next time they ~ill do better.
 Bat It wasn't c. settle strikes or iu- quire into the relations oi yellow csll- tai and red labor that the tEo famous congressman went tnOrih. lt wa purely s uisssure ;rip-vi;h "a little business un the side as i1c,Geltnls. They reye!gd lu ih- magnificent scenery by day aud ID politics by nIgnt. They caught salmon aud black bass and investigated the ii rmOD question. They oaased tae sIli goat ID LIs lar Gud made F'cartn of July Bpeechvs. hey swan ID the riSers end caapet ia she wood; they gath cred statistics Oi immicraGou. and of the canning intore=-s, and 0i .ae w., at crops. BEd of the value Of Isuced p..g- erty: they stepped at big hotels and re- CeiveG political delegations, they climb d the mouuiains and iougat th,. n.a -- cuIlocs and had thei- uosc5 peeled by s.o Juiy su1-sitogcilsF they hai C. lovely time.
 "We started about June 10" said NrI Reed. chatting with arepcrtsr Is-t n cbt, " sni stopped first tO take in St. Paul. Ths We went tO Livingston, on she Northern Pacific, Gnd thcaco t0 Yel- iOWstore park, where We spent week We had tbe good fortune to see She eruption of the most celebrated geyssrs.
 Are there many visitors e tho Tel iowstJne this yesr!'
 "Yes, the hotels are crowded; people pouring ID rapidly. The suow WGs hard. ly 1T the ground when we got there-"
 Middle of June:'
 "les. There wac snow oB UOth siGrl of the track. Why they told as T. had beel four fee; deep week or t-C PTeYI- cus'y. We visited the great caloE Sl the yellowstone. We went tHsLCs e. Tacoma"
 Both gen,lsnen GecIibed the scsner, Et Mount Tacoma as soIce:hIUc EsagEIli- | c-Lt-Ir Hitt ssw nothing ia Europe to | e3uEl if. Tho great gii,tef;lS ice-c.6C peak rising almost PreoiDIiCU.iy from its | G g.er, the sheets of ice glisteBing iH ths | J ciy sun 5hIne. the forests. the lakss, tie | E;Liosph phere-evsryt ythlaF wEs subiimCly ImbEessiSe yet uiteriy delightful Thos, | eli scl.vcs are not Mr. Reeds.
 Leaving Tacoma" confirmed Nf. l Reed we took ths steamer Olymplau l and spent eleven cayB 10 going to SitkG and return. The trip % Alsska Is -!lao,t | sil the way inland through uar.oa ctaJ- ! nrls and inlets with mountains on either | side. Tue water is perfectly qui-t f.r many hundred miles, line stt sut beng exposed to the ocean swell for oCly feE | hours. lt is a most delightful passage. | The weather was mid and the B.mos- piese moist and hszy. There Vas a good | dee! of rain Ia Il .sSa while We weTy theTr-ior icE Ga.B We did not see the 4 suit"
 "It reminds ne gocd deal Of west cru Scotland hoth in climate and geo graphical outlines except thEt the I isisnd mountains sre rlucG higher than on the ScOtti-h coat"
 I've spent tEu Fourth rf July a. Juneau" confirmed Mr. Reed, and | cc!earstel."
 Mad. Epe eecEes," exclaimed Mr H,tt. |
 "aid lLe people ot Juneau ceishsa:5 | Ia-,gendence Day. tue reported Usk.
 ".aey did, The whole ro7u.EtIou wa- out-IndiaGs and all Th- tota! | po.ulGtion is 1000 to l2UJ I. Is thc | biggest city ID alaska. Si;kc had only about JCl"
 '6TeEg there any spssSers besides you two Zcu:.emen?
 70, ycs. Several Q; She leading ci'i zens aDs ke. n, n the.e were games .rd | hC.ss races and hil sorts of ian winding | ID with s big dance at nIzBL'
 I.e ga-t.amen vIsised tae TreaiweH 4 goli .niua ou Douglas Island and the I ler.s stamp mill where l2J stcmFs arC erauloyed. The mine belouga e s pow sriui cor2OratIoa-SsnatOE Jcres, Gen. Err of San Fraumsco, and hsh a d-zan ctH-s es-italists-sud is said e be c'eer- m S7U0C0O to SSO0CO0 a year. A:1sngr mems gre being made tO put ID l2O nor, stamps. vGich will make ;t t1e largest stamp mil in the world. The ! era is of s low grGas S1 iO Sl3 toa. Oyer 1OO men are employed, about hal; I of shem Indians, aud the st!srSe psrt 1 Of t IS th1t the Indians rTc good vors- mer-ths first time Tn hist " that lu- diars have been known Go york at man ua! labcr and do Gs much as ghite men. Tha wcrSmcn nre sli paId S2 dsy and | bcard. sn live with their wives ard , faIl;!ies-tlose who have Gny-la b1's on ,h- mountain side. Most oi tee h. di.,ns havs squavs with them.
 'Is there aIy agriculture ia AlnsSa?' 1
 None whatever. The mines and fish eria7 supp0r- the population, the food I aupplies beinz obtaiued from Portland, 1 Ore, or other pJ.i,ts cr the American I coast. Probably ibere % a lIsi.e Pota- ] toes or tu-uips raised, but Y ls ouly a | pBsch. Taere is practically no GSri- ! cu.tpFe."
 What does Juneau 10 k like? l. there any ImmigfaiioDg
 "Juneau looks ke rising city. j: is beginning 10 have siievlEs. and ihere . are drugslCrcs there and the people l seem pushing-I noticed they sdvertis- ei a GoCd deal"
 What do you ;hirk oi Alaska as a l field for iumIgrs.i0Eg
 Tnstead of replying to this Nr. Reed [ began to decant oa the great improve m, n,4 along the lire ui the Northern Psel6,. the country along that line in the iar wes. being -sp:t!y hled |:t2 settlers. Toe wheat fe!d' on she Upper G. l